Verneri Närhi
Cybersecurity Incident Response Lead at Veikkaus Oy
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolVerneri Närhi is a Cybersecurity Incident Response Lead based in Helsinki with 12 years of experience bridging hands-on engineering and security operations. Currently leading incident response at Veikkaus after progressing from Cyber Security Specialist, he has a strong foundation in software development and IT support from roles at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. Verneri combines practical threat hunting and forensics skills with a developer’s mindset, enabling rapid containment and resilient recovery workflows. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology and leverages that background to translate complex technical findings into actionable remediation for stakeholders. Known for steady crisis management and continuous improvement, he often implements process and tooling changes that reduce mean time to detect and remediate incidents. Fluent in Finnish cybersecurity contexts, he brings both institutional knowledge and a pragmatic approach to securing critical services.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Insinööri (AMK) - Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology, Insinööri (AMK) - Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Github Skills (68)
trello10
markdown10
knowledge-graph10
graph10
org-mode10
clojurescript10
knowledge-management9
clojure9
collaboration9
privacy8
git8
azure-functions7
azure-webjobs-sdk7
task-tracking7
statusbar7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Opetushallitus/old_valintarekisteri
May 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:90 pushes, 2 branches in 4 months
python
siilisolutions/boot-tools
Oct 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:1 release, 16 PRs, 13 pushes in 2 months
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